Registering apparatus



UNITED STATESP ATENTfOFFICE.

GEORGE G. snownn, OF ANSONIA, CONNECTICUT.

REGISTERING APPARATUS.

sonia, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Registering Apparatus,

, of which the following is a specification.

The apparatus which is the subject matter of the present application forpatent is designed to indicate the number of operations of a machine andthe net time consumed by each operation, the apparatus being intendedfor use in shops employing machines which are operated'intermittentlybut are run constantly.

The invention has for its object to provide a registering apparatus ofthe kind stated which is simple in construction and thor- I .oughlyreliable" and eflicient in operation,

and to this end it consists in a novel combination and arrangement ofparts to be hereinafter described.

In order that the invention may be better understood, reference is hadto the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, and insaid drawing, 7

' Figure 1 is an elevation of the registering apparatus;

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation;

Fig. 4 is an elevation showing the parts in Fig.3 in another position,and:

Fig. 5 is a diagram.

Referring specifically to the drawing, 5 and 6 denote two frame plateswhich are connected in laterally spaced relation by cross bolts 7. Thisframe supports the regis'- tering mechanism and it may be modified invarious ways toprovide a suitable support for'said mechanism.

Between the frame plates 5 and 6, there is pivotally mounted on one ofthe cross bolts 7, a series of three plates which are'arranged side byside; These plates are denoted by the reference characters 8, 9.and 10,respectively, and they are movable independentlyof each other. Eachplate may be pivotally connected to the bolt by being curved around thesame at one end, as shown.

Rigidly fastened to one side of the middle plate 9, at its outer end, isan armature 11, the ends of which are directly over the poles of anelectro-magnet 12 and .also under thefree endsof the platesv 8 and 10.When the magnet is energized the armature is pulleddown, but at othertimes it is held elevated Specification of Letters Patent. i Patented Jl 6, 1920 Application filed May 31, 1918, SerialiNo. 237,537. :BenewedAngustl26. 1919. 1

Serial No. 320.052.

by asprifig 13 connected to the back'of the plate 9 atone end andanchored at its other end to one of the bolts 7. i

At 14 and"15 are shown t'wo registering dev ces or counters ofconventional design,- these being attached to the plates 8 and 10.

' The registers operate right and left-handed,

respectively, and each is provided with an actuating gear, the gear ofthe register 14 being shown at 16, and that of 15 at 17. V

The frame plates 5 and 6 also support a transverse shaft 18 which isrotated at a constant rate of speed, say once-a second, by some sourceofpower, and on this shaft are two gear wheels 19 and 20 respectively,the former being opposite the gear 16 and-,the' latter opposite the gear17. Normally these gears are out of mesh for the reason that the spring13 retracts the plate 9 and the armature 11 extends across the outerends ofthe plates 8 and 10 carrying the registers 11 and 15. When themagnet 12 is energized, the armature 11 is pulled down releasing theplates-Sand 10 so that they drop down of their own weight, and as theycarry the registers 14 and 15, with their actuating gears 16 and 17,said gears come in mesh with the the register gears 19 and 20.

in other words it indicates time. I

The gear 17 is mutilated, some of its teeth being removed, so that aftermaking a par-' tial revolution, it comes outof mesh with the gear 20,and a spring 21 connected'to the former would turn it the rest of theway, were it not for a stop 22 attached to the plate'6. This stopengages a pin 23 standing out from one side of the gear 17 and preventsthis further motion of the gear as long as the magnet 12 is energized.When the magnet is denergized, the spring 13 retracts the plates 8, 9and 10 and the registers 1 1' and 15, with their gears 16 and 17,whereupon the pin 23 slips off the stop 22, and the spring 21 now pullsthe gear 17 around through the remaining part of one revolution, andleaves it in proper position for the next operation. It will thereforebe seen. that theregister 15 will register one for each time the magnet12 is energized.

At 24 is shown an electric motordriving a machine shown diagrammaticallyat 25. In the line wire 26 of this motor is interposed a circuit breaker27 which may be a solenoid relay or similar device, the same controllinga branch circuit 28 leading from a local circuit 29 which furnishescurrent to breaks the relay circuit. When the machine is running freeand the'branch circuit 28 is closed, the current from the source 30'passes through the resistance 31 and the relay, and back to the source,by the way of the branch circuit 28, the registering apparatus being nowshort-circuited so that no current goes to the magnets 12. When themachine 25 is loaded, the increased current in the motor circuit drawsthe solenoid coil and opens the branch circuit 28, and the current fromthe source 30 now goes to the magnets 12 to operate the registers 14 and15 hereinbefore described. To connect the registers to any other machineany device which opens the circuit when the load is thrown on may beused instead of the solenoid relay 27, the action being then similar tothat just described. I

. It will be evident that the shaft 18 may operate any number ofregistering units according to the number of machines in theestablishment.

I claim:

1. The combination of an electric motor and its energizing circuit, atime registering;

device, a register recording the 'number of actuations of said timeregister, electro-responsive means controlling said registers, andelectro-responsive means interposed in the motor energizing circuit andcontrolling the first mentioned electro-responsive means. 2. Thecombination of an electric motor and its energizing circuit, a machinedriven by the motor, a time registering device, a register recording thenumber of actuations of said time register, electro-responsive meanscontrolling said registers, and electroresponsive means interposed inthe motor energizing circuit and controlling the first mentionedelectro-responsive means, said second-mentioned electro-responsive meansresponding to fluctuations in the current of the motor ener izingcircuit produced by loadin the mac ine driven by the motor.

3. T e combination of an electric motor and its energizing circuit, amachine driven by the motor, a time registering device, a registerrecording the number of actuations of said time register,electro-responsive means controlling said registers, andelectroresponsive means interposed in the motor energizing circuit andcontrolling the first mentioned electro-responsive means, saidsecond-mentioned electro-responsive means responding to fluctuations inthe current of the motor energizing circuit.

4. The combination of an electric motor and its energizing circuit, amachine driven by the motor, a time registering device, a registerrecording the number of actuations of said time register, electro-responsive means controlling said registers, a local circuit energizingsaid means, a branch leading from said circuit, a relay interposed inthe motor energizing circuit and controlling the branch circuit, saidbranch circuit when closed short-circuiting the electro-responsive meanswhich control the aforesaid registers.

5. The combination of an electric motor and its energizing circuit, amachine driven bythe motor, a time registering device, a registerrecording the number of actuations 'of said time register,electro-responsive means controlling said registers, a local circuitenergizing-said means, a branch leading from said circuit, a relayinterposed in the motor energizing circuit and controlling the branchcircuit, said branch circuit wnen closed short-circuiting theelectro-responsive means which control the aforesaid registers, and therelay responding to fluctuations in the current of the motor energizingcircuit produced by loading the machine driven by the motor.

6. The combination of an electric motor and its energizing circuit, amachine driven 'by the motor, a time registering device, a

register recording the number of actuations of said time register,electro responsive means controlling said registers, a local cir cuitenergizing said means, a branch leading from said circuit, a relayinterposed in the motor energizing circuit and controlling the branchcircuit, said branch circuit when closed short-circuiting theelectro-responsive means which control the aforesaid registers,

'and the relay responding to fluctuations in the current of the motorenergizing circuit. 7. The combination of an electrlc motor and itsenergizing circuit, a machine driven by the motor, a time registeringdevice, a register recording the number of actuations of said timeregister, electro-responsive means controlling said registers, andcontrolling means for said electro-responsive means responding tofluctuations in the currentof the motor energizing circuit producedby'loading the machine driven by the motor.

8. The combination of an electric motor and its energizing circuit, amachine driven by the motor, a time registering device, a registerrecording the number of actuations of said time register, electroresponsive means controlling said registers, and controlling means forsaid electro-responsive means responding to fluctuations in the currentof the motor energizing circuit.

9. The combination of an electric motor and its energizing circuit, atime registering device, a register recording the number of actuationsof said time register, electro-responsive means controlling saidregisters, and controlling means for said electro-responsive meansresponding to fluctuations in the current of the motor energizingcircuit.

10. The combination of an electric motor and its energizing circuit, atime registering device, a register recording the number of actuationsof saidtime register, electro-responsive means controlling saidregisters, a local circuit energizing said means, a branch leading fromsaid circuit, a relay interposed in the motor energizing circuit andcontrolling the branch circuit, said branch circuit when closedshort-circuiting the electro-responsive means which control. theaforesaid registers.

11. The combination of an electric motor and its energizing circuit, atime registering device, a register recording the number of actuationsof said time register, electro-responsive means controlling saidregisters, a local circuit energizing said means, a branch leading fromsaid circuit, a relay interposed in the motor energizing circuit'andcontrolling the branch circuit, said branch circuit when closedshort-circuiting the electro-responsive means which control theaforesaid registers, the relay responding to fluctuations in the currentof the motor energizing circuit.

'12. In an apparatus of the kind stated, an intermittently operated timeregistering device, electro-responsive means for controlling theoperation of said register, and a register recording the number ofactuations of the time register.

13. In an apparatus of the kind stated, an intermittently operated timeregistering device, electro-responsive means for controlling theoperation of said register, and a register recording the number of timessaid electro-responsive device operates.

14:. In an apparatus of the kind stated, an intermittently operated timeregistering device having an actuating gear, a register for recordingthe number of actuations of said registering device, and having amutilated actuating gear, a swinging support for each register, anelectro-magnet for swinging the supports in one direction, means forswinging the supports in another direction when the magnet isdenergized, a drive shaft, drive gears on said shaft opposite theaforesaid actuating gears and adapted to mesh therewith when thesupports swing in one direction, and means for turning the mutilatedgear a distance to complete one revolution when its blank portionreaches its drive gear.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

GEORGE G. GROWER.

